favorite59:

I am a professional in the health industry and I have an ambulance that I drive often. I notice that in this part of the world, people use ambulance to convey corpse (dead bodies) and they blow siren for dead bodies. Some even speed while some take one-way to drive against the traffic. I have embarrassed many of them by stopping them to educate them. Surprisingly, big men & top government functionaries are involved. They drive in convoy and blow siren on top speed while going for burial. Does that mean they too are fools? If you carry a dead body why are you in a hurry? The person is dead! Are you in a hurry to bury the body? Why speed? Let the police begin to arrest and prosecute offenders and let the educated public join in enlighitennent campaign. Ambulances are used for emergencies rush a patient to the hospital for urgent attention or to convey a needical personnel to attend to emergency. The general public is so disorientated that when an ambulance is on emergency, they usually assume it carries a dead body and so they see no reason to give the ambulance the right of way. Pls let's stop the menace. Let there be a change. For suggestions you can reach me on 08034707472.     

axeman85:

i concur with you poster. in naija we ten to adopt the westernized culture and way of life but we practice it the other way round. why is an ambulance carrying dead body sef, isnt that the job of the undertakers. i though Fg passed law banning people from use of siren apart from emergency services.  well i forgot this is nigeria, anything goes.

oluagness:

If you carry a dead body why are you in a hurry? The person is dead! Are you in a hurry to bury the body?
In process of rushing, some have died untimely death. Multiple dead body. One day our people will be enlightened.

If you carry a dead body why are you in a hurry? The person is dead! Are you in a hurry to bury the body?

That's funny. 

Someone that didn't want to die, still they rush the person to burial.

Abi who won die for naija?

drlawng:

The great Fela  Anikulapo-Kuti made this observation years ago. the song goes: Deady bodi geti accident, yeepa !!! Na double wahala for deady bodi and the owner of deadey bodi"

Outstrip:

It all boils down to Nigeria jaga jaga. If there is a funeral procession in the US then everyone has to let them through. You try not to cut into the procession. There is usually a limit to the cars and there is usually a county or village sticker so you pretty much know when the last car in the procession has passed. You cannot do that in Nigeria. Sticker ke sticker ni. People will just keep their own stickers in the cars and when they see a funeral procession they will stick their own on their windshield and join the procession. I am not saying that it is right to use sirens to transport dead bodies but when a corpse is going from Lagos to the east for burial I don't know how that corpse will not be rotten before it gets to the east. Like I said it all boils down to Nigeria Jaga Jaga. If the roads were perfect a car ride to the east from lagos will not take 24 hours. It would take less than 6 hours to get to the east and the funeral procession can then start at the entrance to the village.

MUZBO:

Sincerely I don't see why you are blaming ambulances for use of siren. If you are talking about a hearse using a siren then I'll accept because its a big difference. Lets face facts, you cant see whats inside an ambulance so how can you tell its a dead body or guns thats being transported? How many of you respondents have given way to a siren blaring ambulance on the road? But I'm sure you'll almost drive off the road for one useless siren blaring Hilux transporting an expatriate because the occupants have guns. Please poster lets get things straight here; a hearse in a funeral procession is not an ambulance on duty so don't generalise and confuse us!